Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Following on from showing the Sanderlings on another
part of the Ryde beach yesterday, I saw these Oystercatcher, Turnstone and look close and
you will see 3 Sanderling. You will see
from the second shot that I had to zoom and crop heavily. There is a short video of these birds at the
end of the post.

Oystercatcher with Sanderling.

Turnstone

Pied wagtail, Black headed Gull and Wood Pigeon.

I hope you enjoyed seeing these lovely birds on Ryde beach.

I have a short video which on editing I have slightly slowed down. CLICK HERE if it does not appear below.

A few of you wished to know about the Sanderling in yesterday's post that had coloured bands on its leg.The Sanderling (Calidris Alba) in my photo is B6BWYW.
(BTO internatonal ref would be LBBW,RBY,BF,W) It was ringed at Eastoke Hayling
Island by Peter Potts on 18/9/2013 and have been seen and recorded several times after that.

Tuesday, 30 December 2014

If you follow my blog you will know I am on the Isle of
Wight at present and the other day, my friend Eileen and I went to see the
Sanderling on Ryde beach and these are the shots and video I took. Some of the video is slow motion.

The Sanderling (Calidris Alba) in my photo above is B6BWYW. (BTO internatonal ref would be LBBW,RBY,BF,W) It was ringed at Eastoke Hayling Island by Peter Potts on 18/9/2013 and have been seen and recorded several times after that.The first 2 video clips on the video are at normal speed however the
last clip I shot in slow motion and it
is of the Sanderling in the first clip fending off another Sanderling who was trying
to take food from him.

I hope you enjoyed seeing these lovely tiny waders and tomorrow I will show you other birds I encountered on the beach.

If you see wish
to see more posts about the Sanderling that I have made previously, put
Sanderling into SEARCH on side bar.

There were a couple of suggestions regarding the unknown vegetable in yesterday's post and the jury has decided that the vegetable is New Zealand Yam, thanks to ifthtunderdontgetya. I would also like to thank Gini, Wally's wife for
makinga suggestion.Should any of you wish to purchase, grow it
or even cook it, this web site might be useful to you.CLICK HERE

I am linking this post with WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY.Thank you for visiting and also for leaving comments.

Monday, 29 December 2014

Last week when I walked to Quarr Abbey, I called in at
the café where they were selling organically grown fruit and vegetables and as
I thought they looked so colourful I photographed
them. I also saw these few last flowers blooming.

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I have retired from a medical background, from teaching a 3 year City and Guilds; and also running a Bed and Breakfast. I have taken up bird watching later in life however I became very enthusiastic from the beginning and was greatly encouraged by other bird watchers. For the past 8 years I have led a bird group in my town and have become a guest speaker on cruise shipstalking about Birds around the world. I have travelled quite a bit,in particular to Australia where one of my daughters lives. I have now as many birding friends there as at home in Northern Ireland. I love Nature and being able to share that with others of like mind. I also like photography and do my best to photograph birds although I sometimes get a bit frustrated as my zoom is just not powerful enough.

My daughter and family that were in Australia have now moved to Malawi to work and I have visited them several times as well as visiting Zambia. I.live in Northern Ireland which is part of the UK and it is a beautiful place to live however I love travelling and wil continnue to travel aslong as I am able. I would love to go to visit bloggers that I follow and they are always very welcome here in N. Ireland.